Temaki-zushi

Happy new year!

Temaki-zushi means hand-rolled sushi.
Because each participants can enjoy homemade, we often make temaki-zushi when such as children's birthdays.

Evolution of sushi-go-round

I wrote about kaiten zushi before.
And now, we can see the evolution of it.
The racing car in the photo above bring us a sushi.
When you can't find favorite sushi on the conveyor,
you can order with a touch panel to get a car carrying sushi.

Daruma festival

We have a new year daruma festival here in Takasaki.
About daruma doll?
Please see below.
www.daruma.jp

Instant noodles

As you know the instant noodles packaged in a cup are already seen all over the world.
But do you know the history of these products?
Instant noodles were invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-born founder of the Japanese food company Nissin.
He used Chikin Ramen (Chicken Ramen) as the first instant ramen noodles.
In 1970, Nissin formed the subsidiary Nissin Foods (USA) Co. Inc, to sell instant noodles to the United States.
Nissin recognized that the bowls traditionally used to package instant noodles were not common in the U.S, so they instead turned to the paper cup; in 1971, they introduced instant ramen packaged in a styrofoam cup.
Nissin subsequently introduced this to Japan.

Digital camera manufacturers

Canon, Nikon, PENTAX, OLYMPUS, FUJI, and Panasonic, SONY are all camera manufacturer in Japan.
There are many electronics retail stores in Japan, almost of the cities.
The digital cameras are widespread to housewives recently by the miniaturization of the DSLR.

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu means a pork cutlet.
The pork cutlet is a Japanese food though it is a fly dish.
We eat putting the Worcester sauce on this.
Recently, crushing sesame seeds immediately before eating, and putting on the source become popular at a restaurant.

Sanuki-udon

Udon is a noodle eaten for a long time in Japan.
It is made from wheat, and we eat by putting it in soy sauce soup.
The Sanuki-udon is the most famous udon in Japan with the feature with a strong texture of which the origin is Kagawa Prefecture.
This noodle is becoming popular most now though several noodles are in Japan, and the popularity will not go out of use in the future.